About emulation modes; Automatic emulation selection (HL-4050CDN / HL-4070CDW only); Automatic interface selection- Page 77

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About emulation modes

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This printer has the following emulation modes. You can change the setting by using the control panel or Web 
Based Management (Web browser).

HP LaserJet Mode

The HP LaserJet mode (or HP mode) is the emulation mode in which this printer supports the PCL5C and 

PCL6 language of the Hewlett-Packard

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 LaserJet laser printer. Many applications support this type of 

laser printer. Using this mode will allow your printer to run at its best with those applications.

BR-Script 3 Mode (HL-4050CDN / HL-4070CDW only)

BR-Script is an original Brother page description language and a PostScript

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 language emulation 

interpreter. This printer supports level 3. The BR-Script interpreter of this printer allows you to control text 
and graphics on pages.

For technical information about PostScript

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 commands, see the following manuals:

• Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript

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 Language Reference, 3rd edition. Addison-Wesley 

Professional, 1999. ISBN: 0-201-37922-8

• Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript

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 Language Program Design. Addison-Wesley Professional, 

1988. ISBN: 0-201-14396-8

• Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript

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 Language Tutorial and Cookbook. Addison-Wesley 

Professional, 1985. ISBN: 0-201-10179-3

Automatic emulation selection (HL-4050CDN / HL-4070CDW only)

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This printer has an automatic emulation selection feature that is turned on by default. This lets it automatically 
change the emulation mode to suit the type of data it receives.

You can change the setting by using the control panel or Web Based Management (Web browser). 

Automatic interface selection

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This printer has an automatic interface selection feature that is turned on by default. This lets it automatically 
change the interface to IEEE 1284 parallel (HL-4050CDN / HL-4070CDW only),  USB, or Ethernet depending 
on which interface is receiving data.

Since the default setting is on for the automatic interface selection mode, simply connect the interface cable 
to the printer. Always turn off both your computer and printer when connecting or disconnecting the cable.

Auto Interface selection can take a few seconds to work. If you only use one interface it would be advisable 
to select that interface; use the control panel to access the 

General Setup

 menu, choose 

Interface

 and 

then choose 

Select

. If only one interface is chosen, the printer will allocate the entire input buffer to that 

interface.